It’s Kinda Like This

06/13/2007 by Steve Farber

Blog guru, Mike Sansone, is helping me make some changes to this site. For those of you who care about this sort of thing, we’re moving platforms from Movable Type to TypePad–it’s an easier program for a tech-moron like me, more spam-resistant, and I’ll be better able to offer the multi-media experience I’ve always envisioned for www.stevefarber.com/

MovableType4.0 is in beta and has a bright future and community being built around it. Not exactly sure why you feel that you need to move all of your files over to the SixApart servers? IMO you are far better positioned with your blog set up on your own server.

There are plug-ins that can make the actual blogging process MUCH easier. Before you go through the backwards transition of moving your content from your own server over to TypePad’s, consider using something like ScribeFire to help you with posting.

Also consider that all of your past posts may lose their search engine authority when you import your MT blog over to a new TypePad platform, because the post addresses will change. You would be better off leaving the MT blog alive on your own server and starting fresh on TypePad.

PS- Sansone def knows his stuff and TypePad is certainly easier to use than the current version of MT, but do keep your eye on the new version of MT, it’s gonna be awesome like TypePad but will still allow you to build on your own dirt. MovableType4.0 is in beta and has a bright future and community being built around it. Not exactly sure why you feel that you need to move all of your files over to the SixApart servers? IMO you are far better positioned with your blog set up on your own server.

There are plug-ins that can make the actual blogging process MUCH easier. Before you go through the backwards transition of moving your content from your own server over to TypePad’s, consider using something like ScribeFire to help you with posting.

Also consider that all of your past posts may lose their search engine authority when you import your MT blog over to a new TypePad platform, because the post addresses will change. You would be better off leaving the MT blog alive on your own server and starting fresh on TypePad.

PS- Sansone def knows his stuff and TypePad is certainly easier to use than the current version of MT, but do keep your eye on the new version of MT, it’s gonna be awesome like TypePad but will still allow you to build on your own dirt.

About Steve Farber

Steve Farber, founder of The Extreme Leadership Institute, is a popular keynote speaker and leadership expert. He’s the bestselling author of The Radical Leap, The Radical Edge, and Greater Than Yourself.